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Human rights in China
Latest news, features and opinion on human rights in China, covering free speech, religious freedoms, the right to a fair trial, minority rights in the autonomous regions of Tibet and Xinjiang and criticisms of China’s human rights record.
Fan Chunli, a 50-year-old woman from a small rural village, has struck a chord in China with stand-up comedy about her divorce. Photo: iQIYI
Women and gender

Chinese officials accuse online stand-up shows of stirring ‘gender antagonism’

Zhejiang officials hope ‘rising stand-up comedy scene can become more rational and profound, with less division and more understanding’.

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Tibet

Beijing says Dalai Lama’s succession plan breaks tradition, tensions set to rise

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China’s Communist Party

China warns against separatism ahead of Dalai Lama’s expected succession decree

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Hong Kong courts

Opinion | Hong Kong an example in balancing national security and people’s rights

Five years on from introduction of security law, the city is showing how the two issues, rather than being in conflict, are interconnected and reinforce each other.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
China-EU relations

In human rights talks, EU warns of ‘deterioration’ of basic freedoms in China

Brussels cites ‘interference’ in Dalai Lama succession plan and jailed Uygur and Tibetan activists as examples of erosion of freedoms.

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US-China relations

As tariff truce begins, China warns of Western push to undermine its stability

Asia-Pacific region described as scene of ‘power play’ by Western entities seeking to ‘curtail, suppress and contain China’.

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US-China relations

Opinion | US tariffs a wake-up call for China to improve labour standards

If China’s export competitiveness remains reliant on lowering its labour standards, the US and others will continue their trade-restrictive policies.

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Workers produce pyjamas for export at a clothing factory in Lianyungang, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, on April 21. Photo: AFP
China-EU relations

Deal or no deal? EU engages US, China on high-wire bargaining act

Europe must navigate between the two powers, knowing that cutting an economic deal with one could make it impossible to do so with the other.

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China-EU relations

EU stays the course on Xinjiang sanctions as China eases up on bloc’s lawmakers

European Union’s diplomatic arm says no plans to reciprocate Beijing’s overture as it has not observed improvements in far western region.

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United States

Letters | Trump vs Harvard is a battle over future of US college education

Readers discuss the politicisation of higher education in the US, a British MP barred from entering Hong Kong, the demolition of a Swire hotel in Beijing, and the human-made tragedy of war.

People cross the Harvard Yard at Harvard University on April 17. In the showdown between US President Donald Trump and Harvard University, support for the university is galvanising across the academic and political spectrum. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
US-China relations

Americans’ dislike for China softens, Pew survey shows

Attitudes remain overwhelmingly negative at 77 per cent but percentage of respondents with ‘very unfavourable’ views drops 10 points.

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The latest Pew Research survey shows Americans’ attitudes towards China have softened. Image: Shutterstock
China-EU relations

Exclusive | EU leaders plan trip to Beijing in July for summit with Xi

No date confirmed with the Chinese side as travel plan indicates serious effort to re-engage amid collapsed relationship with the US.

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China-EU relations

Man detained in Sweden on suspicion of spying on Uygurs for China

Beijing has denied accusations from rights organisations about abuses against the ethnic minority group in Xinjiang.

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US-China relations

US sanctions Hong Kong police chief, 5 others, for ‘freedoms’ abuse

Raymond Siu Chak-yee, who retires on Tuesday, is among officials alleged to undercut Hongkongers’ rights or commit transnational repression.

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Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee (right) , shown at Police College ceremony on Saturday, was sanctioned by the US on Monday. Photo: Jelly Tse
China’s Communist Party

Hu Dehua, son of former liberal Chinese leader Hu Yaobang, dies at 76

The younger Hu is remembered as an outspoken proponent of political reform and press freedom – rare among China’s princelings.

Hu Dehua is one of the few princelings to have openly spoken out about what he viewed as a lack of progress towards democracy and the rule of law in China. Photo: Simon Song
US-China relations

China’s Global Times praises Trump cuts to Voice of America, Radio Free Asia

US media broadcasters have long drawn criticism from Beijing over reporting critical of mainland government’s human rights record.

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US-China relations

US hits Thai officials with visa sanctions over deportation of Uygurs to China

A group of at least 40 Uygurs was sent back last month despite warnings from UN experts that they could face torture and ‘irreparable harm’.

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Women and gender

Political adviser urges easier divorce despite Beijing’s push for family values

CPPCC member Jiang Shengnan says 30-day suspension may spark unnecessary disputes and could be used to transfer assets or fabricate debts.

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Despite authorities’ measures to boost the marriage rate, China’s population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, as marriages plunged a record 20 per cent. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

US House revives bill to tackle ‘trade crimes’ by Chinese companies

Legislation that would set up an investigative task force at Justice Department called a crucial companion to Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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US-China relations

US condemns Thailand’s deporting of 40 Uygurs to China

The 40 men were flown back after being detained in Thailand for over a decade.

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US-China relations

US citizen of Chinese descent not guilty of being a covert agent for Beijing

Federal prosecutors accused hotel worker of acting as an agent of Beijing by collecting information about Boston-area residents.

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A general view of the Department of Justice building in April, 2019. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

US lawmakers raise concerns about Chinese national ballet performance in Washington

Politicians say National Ballet of China performance at Kennedy Centre is part of the Communist Party’s political machinery’.

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The National Ballet of China performs The Chinese New Year, a version of The Nutcracker, with children from the US at the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts in Washington on January 29. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

What did Rubio say about Taiwan independence? US, China at odds

A certain detail is conspicuously absent from State Department’s account of a phone call reportedly made at the top American envoy’s request.

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Thailand

UN warns Thailand Uygur detainees face torture if deported to China

Thailand’s government insists there are no immediate plans to deport the 48 detainees, who fled China and were arrested in Thailand in 2014.

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China’s Communist Party

Guangzhou noodle shops, Mandarin in focus as China pushes ethnic integration

Latest publication by National Ethnic Affairs Commission hails Guangzhou for creating China’s first big data set to promote integration.

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Guangzhou, a city of 22 million, is using big data to track the activities of its ethnic minority residents in a model likely to be applied across China. Photo: China News Service via Getty Images
Xinjiang

China hits back at US curbs with multifront probes into American firms

Parent company of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger; chemical-compound exporters; and US chip companies are on radar of China’s commerce authorities and subject to possible retaliation.

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An employee works at a factory in China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Xinjiang cotton has been in the global spotlight since 2020. Photo: Getty Images
US-China relations

US targets China textile giant Huafu Fashion over Uygur forced labour concerns

Mining and solar energy firms also had their imports banned, bringing the total number of companies on the trade blacklist to 144.

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Britain

Shein lawyer evades questions on China cotton at UK hearing, angering lawmakers

The fast-fashion giant is accused of forced labour in its supply chains as it reportedly prepares for a US$62 billion listing in London.

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